Ike Ekweremadu, a former vice-president of the senate in Nigeria, and his wife Beatrice made an appearance in a London magistrates' court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for alleged organ harvesting, but their accused daughter was unable to make it.
Ekweremadu, 60, showed up at the Old Bailey court wearing a grey tracksuit top. When asked to confirm her name, all she said was "Yes, miss."
He is accused of bringing a 21-year-old man from Nigeria to have his kidney removed along with Beatrice, their daughter, Sonia, and a doctor.
According to the prosecution, the defendants allegedly intended to have the man's kidney removed so that Sonia could receive it.
She is currently being treated at a hospital for an undisclosed disease, therefore she was unable to attend court.
She is allegedly unfit to stand trial, according to a psychological report provided by her defence team.
Soon after it began, the court adjourned so that the prosecution could read the report.
According to reports, the complainant raised the alarm after declining to agree to the treatment following initial testing at a hospital in north London.
After the man went to the police, charges were filed. After arriving in the UK in June of last year by plane, the Ekweremadus was detained at London's Heathrow airport.
Obinna Obeta, a 50-year-old doctor from south London, was the second man to be detained.
The trial's originally scheduled May date has been moved up.